Instructions on Uploading Writing Samples to the

YSU Repository of Assessment Documents

You have been asked to upload a sample of your writing to help assess whether the University has been effective in teaching students how to use writing to communicate effectively. Evaluations of student writing will only be reported for groups of students; information about individual students will not be released. Please follow the instructions below to upload your document.

  1. Prepare the writing sample
  2. Remove any information that would identify you or your instructor.
  3. Insert the following description of your assignment into the first page of the document: [text to be supplied by the instructor]
  4. Your file must be saved as either a Microsoft Word document (a doc or docx file) or a pdf file.
  5. Upload the writing sample
  6. Go to and log into MyYSU.
  7. Click on the link Access My Student Information.
  8. Click on the link Writing Repository.
  9. Select the term the assignment was given (typically the current term), then click on the Submit button.
  10. Select the class in which the assignment was given. If your instructor has indicated that the document will be used only for assessment of the major,click the Yes button. Click the Select Course button.
  11. Click on the Browse button. A dialog box will appear that will allow you to identify the file to upload. Select the file and click on the Open button. After the dialog box closes, click on the Submitbutton.
  12. You will receive a message indicating that the file was uploaded.

Notes:

  • Only student accounts have the Access My Student Information link. Faculty cannot upload documents through their accounts.
  • Departments are free to modify this document to better meet their specific circumstances. A version of this document with screen shots follows on the succeeding pages.

Instructions on Uploading Writing Samples to the

YSU Repository of Assessment Documents

You have been asked to upload a sample of your writing to help assess whether the University has been effective in teaching students how to use writing to communicate effectively. Evaluations of student writing will only be reported for groups of students; information about individual students will not be released. Please follow the instructions below to upload your document.

  1. Prepare the writing sample
  2. Remove any information that would identify you or your instructor.
  3. Insert the following description of your assignment into the first page of the document: [text to be supplied by the instructor]
  4. Your file must be saved as either a Microsoft Word document (a doc or docx file) or a pdf file.
  5. Upload the writing sample
  6. Go to and log into MyYSU.
  7. Click on the link Access My Student Information
  1. Click on the link Writing Repository.

  1. Select the term the assignment was given (typically the current term), then click on the Submit button.
  1. Select the class in which the assignment was given. If your instructor has told you the assignment is being uploaded just for assessment of the major click the Yes button, otherwise leave No checked. Click the Select Course button.

  1. Click on the Browse button. A dialog box will appear that will allow you to identify the file to upload. Select the file and click on the Open button. After the dialog box closes click on the Submitbutton.

  1. You will receive a message indicating that the file was uploaded.

Note: Departments are free to modify this document to better meet their specific circumstances.